Topic '[Rant] Water Company' in forum 'Rants, Raves, and Praise' - dslreports.comhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Rant-Water-Company-27798743
enTue, 03 Mar 2015 13:47:28 EDTTue, 03 Mar 2015 13:47:28 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27860154
Can't complain about my water company at all. Water quality is excellent and my bill is about $150 quarterly; includes water, sewer, trash and snow removal. --"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom; it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." William Pitt the Younger]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27860154Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:26:11 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27848797
said by Aranarth:

LOL is your water really that dirty, do you live near a super fund site, or are worried that it is really dirty?

Depending on where you live the water quality isn't the same. Where I grew up, when you filled a bath the water seemed yellow-ish. I suppose there was a lot of iron in it. Where I live now it's clear but it stinks. I guess there's a lot of sulfure in it.

I am also filtering my water, but only the one I drink.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27848797Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:55:09 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27848225
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At least I don't have to worry about any biologicals.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27823669Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:26:44 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27823369
said by rockotman:

What's to LOL about? Lots of iron and sulfur, plus other assorted minerals. The green-sand filter takes care of the iron and most of the sulfur, and the softener takes care of the rest of the minerals. The reverse osmosis filter is just for drinking water - it gets rid of that last hint of sulfur. I have it mounted under the sink with a separate spigot for the filtered water. Without it, the water is OK, but with it, the water is immaculate.

What quantity of water were you using for $40/mo, did that include a sewer charge?

I pay ~$120 quarterly combined water and sewer.(works out to half-half)There is a lot involved with running a municipal water system.

I know people that have good wells and others the water isn't worth using for the toilet.

I wouldn't mind septic instead of a sewer system but I like having a basically unlimited amount of fresh clean drinking water, that is under constant pressure, you never have to wait for the pump to "catch up" or losing the "prime".

Its a 4" bore well and the pump is an in-line autopriming and I have a cycle-stop on it as well.Its a family of 4 mom, dad, 2 kids (not teenagers).

Yes we have a septic system since we have farm land all around.

Pressure is set to approx ~60 psi and the pump comes on once this drops below ~40psi. While water is in use it well runs constantly because of the cycle-stop.

Line from the well to the pressure tank is 1".

This also feeds our open loop geothermal (~7gal/min) and tankless hot water heater.)

Geothermal discharge is underground through a tube and sock and everything else is through the septic system and drainage field as usual.

If the system was not heating and cooling the house it would be closer to $10-20/mo for water.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27821911Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:37:13 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27820615
Eventually, I got the notice stating that they wanted to replace my meter with one that they could read from outside, and sent someone out to replace the meter and get a final reading on the old meter.

What a pleasant surprise when they did the final reading... unrealized by me, in the two years that they were doing quarterly estimates, our water usage had decreased significantly due to two sons moving out. I didn't have a water bill for the next three quarters, and a very light bill the fourth quarter.

Yeah, I know that I had let them have my extra money interest free for over a year, but it still felt good not getting that bill for a couple of hundred simoleons every three months. :)--Shine on you crazy diamond...]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27820615Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:39:56 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27818626
They were told it would save the parish in the long run. Well i noticed some of my neighbors getting new meters, but I never saw them dig up mine or replace it. I don't know what they look like (guess I could check a neighbor's), but it still has the mechanical dial and all.Anyway, turns out it's MORE EXPENSIVE to run these things. To offset the cost, the parish had to raise everyone's rates by $2/month. Someone's cousin or brother-in-law made off like a bandit on that gig.

Did I mention that up until about a year ago our parish water system was consistently in violation of EPA rules? They kept getting fined. The water was so bad they had to put too many chemicals in it to make it drinkable. They finally fixed it, but it still tastes like crap. I think there are some third world countries out there that have better water than us.--I'm actually not funny, I'm just really mean and people think I'm joking.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27818626Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:35:30 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27817778
The only reason was the fact that they couldn't read the meter, I have a dog and the reader guy is a pussy.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27817778Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:25:30 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27817581
--If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. - Albert Einstein]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27817581Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:43:59 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27813466
I did get a letter from my water company yesterday saying "We have found high levels of lead in the drinking water" Ummm, didn't you guys just upgrade the water cleaning system for a Kazillion dollars the last few years? That's why you told us the rates were increasing, to pay for this upgrade.

"Things you can do to reduce lead in your drinking water.... Get it filtered... use an alternate water supply/portable etc......" WTF??? Then they send you the bill in the same envelope. lmao.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27813466Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:41:00 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27811702

said by Aranarth

On the other hand I remember my dad almost constantly complaining about the price of city water when we lived in town. I think he said doubled almost every other year. So started at $5 and when we left 5 years later it was almost $40/mo.

Surely pumping water can't cost that much can it?!

What quantity of water were you using for $40/mo, did that include a sewer charge?

I pay ~$120 quarterly combined water and sewer.(works out to half-half)There is a lot involved with running a municipal water system.

I know people that have good wells and others the water isn't worth using for the toilet.

I wouldn't mind septic instead of a sewer system but I like having a basically unlimited amount of fresh clean drinking water, that is under constant pressure, you never have to wait for the pump to "catch up" or losing the "prime".]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27811702Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:45:17 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27811547
nanner nanner suckers! (J/K) :D

On the other hand I remember my dad almost constantly complaining about the price of city water when we lived in town. I think he said doubled almost every other year. So started at $5 and when we left 5 years later it was almost $40/mo.

Surely pumping water can't cost that much can it?! ]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27811547Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:58:48 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27811504
said by Anonymark:

So 1 week age, I see a guy walk up and hang a tag on my front door. I figured it was some pizza guy or something. Nope, it's a notice from the local water company. They say they are disconnecting my water on 12-7-12 unless I call them to get a new water meter. WTF! I call them, and they say I need a new water meter because I have an older one that needs to be read by a person. I asked, politely if maybe they could have called me, or sent a letter, instead of hanging a big red "disconnect" tag on my door.... "That's not our policy" "We just hang the tags" :mad:. I scheduled the meter install for yesterday, and they never showed..... I called today and was told "Oh our printer is still broken, we couldn't print yesterday's work orders. So now I am sitting her waiting for a technician to come over, who is an hour late, to do the new meter. The water company did however, "move back" my disconnect to Monday.... So if this guy doesn't show up, I guess I have no water come Monday.

So I pay my quarterly bill on time for the last 12 years, and they are going to turn my water off because they can't even ^*%$ knock on my door or show up! WTF

Time to fire off a complaint to the State utility commission

if you think 30$ is bad

our local water co tried putting a 50$ to $200 "connection fee per month"(depending on your pipe size) +water usage

Backlash worked very well and the community got a court ordered injunction. ]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27811504Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:47:00 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27811441
Years ago I was having problems with the Gas company and they threatened to shut the gas off at the street .. their shut off day came and went and they ended up installing a remote read meter.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27811441Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:27:33 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27810973
said by La Luna:

Why are they disconnecting the water? That makes NO sense. Why not just show up and change the meter and be done with it? Don't understand why they would penalize the consumer for something THEY want/need to do.

they're notifying the OP so that the OP can schedule or be reminded not to use the water faucet or anything when they try to install a new meter even though it will only take 20min.

you surely don't want them coming in while you're taking a shower or taking a dump right?

I don't see where the OP is being penalized unless installing a new meter is what you understand as being penalized...]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27810973Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:15:43 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27809613
Or so my wife says :o

Dave--I may have been born yesterday. But it wasn't at night.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27809613Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:44:18 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27800750
said by La Luna:

Why are they disconnecting the water? That makes NO sense. Why not just show up and change the meter and be done with it? Don't understand why they would penalize the consumer for something THEY want/need to do.

Exactly! Update, the technician showed up at 8:30 PM. He was nice, quick and highly apologetic for being so late. Took him all of 20 minutes.

I filed a complaint with the state board anyhow because of the "we are going to disconnect your water because we can't be bothered to call you or show up on time issue". I made sure to say the actual people I dealt with were nice, but unable to change a ridiculous corporate policy...]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27800750Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:25:46 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27800507
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27800507Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:26:47 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27799845
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27799845Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:47:01 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27799501
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27799501Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:24:30 EDTRe: [Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27799099
Sounds like our Rinky Dink Water Company.

Not long ago the minimum (which I paid) was $7.00.

Now it's $30.00 plus.

Oh yes, the water is not drinkable because it is so hard, so: Softener is $30 per month and drinking water is from .35 to $2.00 per gallon according to how rich your tastes are.

Nice, huh?--Printed on 100% recycled bytes]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Rant-Water-Company-27799099Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:43:13 EDT[Rant] Water Companyhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Rant-Water-Company-27798743
So I pay my quarterly bill on time for the last 12 years, and they are going to turn my water off because they can't even ^*%$ knock on my door or show up! WTF

Time to fire off a complaint to the State utility commission]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Rant-Water-Company-27798743Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:46:49 EDT